Tobacco pipe



sept. 22,1953 P. N. YOUTZ 2,652,836

TOBACCO PIPE FiledI oct. 11. 1949 INV N TOR.

Patented Sept. 22, 19.53

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOBACCO PIPE Philip N. Youtz, Yorktown Heights, N. Y. Application October l1, 1949, Serial No. 120,800

2 Claims.

This invention relates to tobacco pipes, and especially to tobacco pipes of the magazine type, that is, a pipe which is provided with a tobaccoreceiving magazine from which tobacco can be fed to the bowl of the pipe as it is consumed therein.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a pipe of the magazine type which does not deviate appreciably in design from many of the current styles in pipes.

Another object is to provide a tobacco pipe of the above type in which the magazine is so situated that the tobacco stored therein is located between the bowl and the pipe stem and thus acts as a ltering means for filtering the smoke in its travel from the bowl to the mouth of the smoker.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pipe of the above type which is so constructed that the magazine can be lled either from the bowl end thereof or from the stem end.

A further object is to provide a pipe of the above type which` is so constructed that the magazine chamber can be easily cleaned.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a magazine pipe inV whichany liquid entering the magazine chamber is trapped therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a magazine pipe which is simple in construction and which is inexpensive to manufacture.

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated a selected embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a side view of a pipe embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4, Fig. 1.

My improved pipe comprises a body member I in thel form of a combinedbowl and magazine member land which presents at one end a bowl portion 2 having the usual bowl cavity 3 which has a substantially uniforml diameter from the top to the bottom and in which the tobacco is burned, and which also presents the magazine portion 4 which extends laterally from` the bowl portion 2r and which is provided with a horizontally extending magazine chamber 5. This magazine chamber 5 communicates at its inner end with the bowl cavity 3 through a permanently unobstructed opening 6 which has a cross sectional area substantially as great as that of the bowl cavity. The bowl cavity is made with an unbroken wall which merges into the unbroken wall of the passage or opening '6, and the magazine chamber is permanently closed at its sides 2 and open only at its ends. 'Said magazine chamber is open at the outer end of the magazine portion as shown at 'I.

8 indicates the pipe stem which is provided with the usual axial duct 9 and which is removably attached to the end of the magazine portion 4 in any suitable or usual way. As herein shown the end of the magazine portion 4 is provided with an annular rabbet portion I0, and the inner end of the pipe stem is enlarged as shown at II to present a diameter equal to that of the magazine portion 4, said enlarged portion II of the stem having a skirt I2 which nts over the rabbetted end Ill of the magazine portion. The enlarged stem portion I I is formed with an auxiliary chamber 2I which registers with and opens into the outer end of the magazine chamber.

The magazine chamber 5 is designed to be lledwith unburned tobacco and means are provided within said chamber for feeding such tobacco from the magazine chamber into the bowl cavity 3 as the tobacco in the latter is consumed during the smoking operation.

For this purpose I have illustrated herein a feeding member I3 in the form of a disk having a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the magazine chamber 5, and have provided a feed screw I4 which has screw threaded engagement with said feeding member I3 and by which said member may bel moved in the magazine chamber 5 toward the bowl cavity, said feed screw being operable from the outside of the pipe.

In the construction illustrated, the magazine chamber 5 is provided with a longitudinal depression or groove I5 which extends from one end to the other thereof along its bottom and the feeding member I3 is made with an extension I6 which is received in said groove or depressionI5..

The feed screw I 4 is located Within said depression and has a screw 'threaded portion extending from the bowl end of the magazine chamber beyond the open end thereof and into said auxiliary chamber 2I, said screwA threaded portion having engagement with the extension I6 of the feeding member I3, said feed screw also having a non-threaded portion extending through the 'bowl end of the pipe below the bowl cavity as I1 and being provided on its exposed end with a knurled thumb piece I8 by which the feed screw can be turned. Said thumb piece VI3 is exposed for manual manipulation at the lower portion of the front side of the bowl end of the pipe.

The magazine chamber 5 can be filled with shown at tobacco from either end, that is, it can be lled through the bowl cavity 3 without removing the stem from the body of the pipe, or it can be lled from the stem end by first removing the stem from the pipe body and then turning the feed screw It in a direction to screw the feeding member I3 off from the end thereof.

If the magazine chamber is lled from the stem end, then it will be necessary to replace the feeding member I3 in position within the end of the magazine chamber and in operative screw threaded relation with the feed screw I4 before the stem is again mounted on the body member.

The feeding member I3 is shown as having a central opening I9 and it is also shown as slightly smaller than the diameter of the magazine chamber 5 thereby providing an annular space 20 between the feeding member and the wall of the magazine chamber. Such space 20 and the opening I9 provide ample area for enabling the pipe to draw satisfactorily.

It will be observed that my improved magazine pipe presents a pipe design which does not deviate to any great extent from some current styles.

An advantage of my construction is that the relatively large quantity of tobacco in the magazine chamber 5 is situated between the bowl cavity 3 and the pipe stem 8 so that all the smoke from the burning tobacco which is drawn into the smokers mouth will pass through this relatively large quantity of tobacco and will thus be subjected to a rather thorough filtering action.

Moreover, since the duct 9 in the pipe stern opens into the magazine chamber along its axial line, any liquid which flows into or accumulates in the magazine chamber will be trapped therein and will not be drawn through the duct 9 into the smokers mouth. Moreover, any liquid which may accumulate in the magazine chamber will naturally gravitate into depression I5. Another advantage of the construction shown is that the feeding member can be operated to feed tobacco into the bowl cavity while it is being smoked and without removing the pipe from the mouth of the smoker. It will be noted that the thumb piece I8 is located at the front end of the bowl where it is readily accessible, and because of its location it will always be cool and thus can be manipulated comfortably.

The construction of the pipe is such that it is very easy to clean, because when the pipe stem is removed from the body member, and the feeding member I3 is unscrewed from the feeding screw, the magazine chamber is open at its end for cleaning purposes.

The magazine chamber may be lled either with loose tobacco or it may be nlled with tobacco in paper enclosed pellets or cartridges.

I claim:

1. A tobacco pipe comprising a combined bowl and magazine member presenting at one end a bowl portion having a bowl cavity of substantially uniform diameter and also presenting a laterally extending magazine portion provided with a horizontally extending magazine chamber which communicates at one end with the bottom of the bowl cavity through a permanently unobstructed upwardly inclined opening having a cross-sectional area substantially equal to that of the bowl cavity, the other end of said magazine chamber being open, whereby said chamber can be filled either through the bowl cavity or through the open end, a stem element removably secured to the outer end of the magazine portion and closing the open end of the magazine chamber, said stem having a smoke Yduct which communicates with the magazine chamber at the outer end thereof, a tobacco feeding member within the magazine chamber, a feed screw having a non-threaded portion extending through said bowl portion below the bowl cavity and a threaded portion extending through the magazine chamber along the bottom thereof and having screw threaded engagement with the feeding member, the non-threaded portion of the feed screw being exposed at the front end of the bowl portion, and a nger piece on said exposed portion by which the feed screw can be manipulated.

2. A tobacco pipe comprising a pipe body presenting at one end a bowl portion having a bowl cavity of substantially uniform diameter and at the other end a horizontally extending magazine portion provided with a horizontally extending magazine chamber which has communication with the bottom of the bowl cavity through a permanently unobstructed opening having a cross-sectional area which is substantially as great as that of the bowl cavity, said magazine chamber being open at the outer end of the magazine portion and having a depression in its lower side extending longitudinally thereof, a stem element removably secured to the outer end of the magazine portion and when in place closing the open outer end of the magazine chamber, said stern element having an auxiliary chamber at its inner end which registers with and opens into the outer end of the magazine chamber, and also having a smoke duct which communicates at its inner end with the auxiliary chamber, a tobacco feeding member Within the magazine chamber, said member being formed with an extension that occupies said depression, a feed screw having a screw threaded portion which extends from the bowl end of the magazine chamber through said depression and Ainto said auxiliary chamber and also having a non-threaded portion which extends through and beyond the bowl end of the body below the bowl cavity, and a finger piece mounted on the exposed end of the feed screw by which the screw can be manipulated to operate the feed member.

PHILIP N. YOUTZ.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date l 696,346 Leblanc Mar. 25, 1902 1,058,232 Gunn Apr. 8, 1913 1,221,864 Irving Apr. 10, 1917 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 4,010 Germany 1879 

